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García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during AMPHITRITE cruise from Nieuwediep to Liverpool started at 1853-01-25 [dataset]. Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut, De Bilt, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.747362, In: Jones, Philip D; Wheeler, Dennis A; Können, Gunther P; Koek, Frits B; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; García-Herrera, Ricardo (2007): Climatological observations from ship logbooks between 1750 and 1854 (release 2.1) [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.611088

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Related to:
García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2005): CLIWOC: A Climatological Database for the World's Oceans 1750–1854 (and 10 more publications about CLIWOC results in the same volume). Climatic Change, 73(1-2), 1-12ff, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-005-6952-6
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 51.133333 * Median Longitude: -4.251667 * South-bound Latitude: 49.850000 * West-bound Longitude: -8.630000 * North-bound Latitude: 52.850000 * East-bound Longitude: 2.580000
Date/Time Start: 1853-01-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1853-02-02T00:00:00
Event(s):
Amphitrite_18530125_O_REIS_19_P179-195 * Latitude Start: 53.000000 * Longitude Start: 4.490000 * Latitude End: 53.480000 * Longitude End: -3.240000 * Date/Time Start: 1853-01-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1853-02-02T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Amphitrite, Voyage: Nieuwediep - Liverpool, 1st Observer: D. Grim (Kapitein)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
Wind directiondddegWind direction (from which the wind is blowing) in whole degrees from: 1-360; 361 = calm, 362 = variable. It is not clear from many logbook entries whether the wind direction has been corrected for the magnetic variation (or declination). To avoid any misunderstanding, all winds from reports that included a valid position in the period 1750-1854 were corrected. All other wind directions are given without being corrected.
Wind speedffm/scalculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations
Pressure, atmosphericPPPPhPaNo temperature correction was applied. The following factors have been used for the conversion to hPa: 2.54 cm in an inch; 13.596 specific gravity of mercury; 980.65 cm/s gravity at 45° latitude
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
WatchWatchName of the period of 4 hours which is known as a watch or duty on board ships
GlassesGlassesNumber of glasses within a watch; one watch equals 8 glasses
10 DeclinationDecldegIt is generally accepted by the CLIWOC team that the wind directions, reported by the ships officers, were relative to the magnetic North direction. Navigators were well aware of the difference between the true and magnetic north direction, but the compasses (we assumed that the bearing-compasses were mostly used for determining the wind direction) were not always adjusted. Therefore the wind direction has to be corrected. The magnetic declination (or variation, as it is known on board ships) is given for the whole CLIWOC period (1750-1850) for every 5x5 degree square. The number was added to the wind direction to get the true wind direction.
11 Wind scale referenceWind scale ref#Name of, or reference to the wind scale that has been used
12 Sensor readingReadingarbitrary unitsReading of the air pressure
13 Wind direction descriptionWind dir descrAll reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from.
14 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
16 Cloud typeCloud type
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
150 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

dd [deg]

ff [m/s]

PPPP [hPa]

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Watch

Glasses
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Decl [deg]
11 
Wind scale ref [#]
12 
Reading [arbitrary units]
13 
Wind dir descr
14 
Wind force descr
15 
Precip descr
16 
Cloud type
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
19 
Rain
20 
Fog
21 
Snow
22 
Thunder
23 
Hail
24 
Sea ice
25 
ID
1853-01-25T00:001584.61VM83ZTO, ZZO3V0400000009628
1853-01-26T12:0051.722.58609.3999.11VM8-19529.50OTN5V0500000009629
1853-01-27T12:0050.28-1.883415.41002.41VM8-22729.60ONO, NOTO7V02, V04H0000000009630
1853-01-28T12:0049.85-6.853590.01004.1VM8-2429.65NNOSTILV00H0000000009631
1853-01-29T13:0050.48-8.6325519.01007.5VM8-26829.75WTN8W20V0601000009632
1853-01-30T12:0051.62-5.432244.6995.7VM8-24329.40WNW, WZW3V00H0000000009633
1853-01-31T12:0052.85-5.301321016.0VM8-2630.00ZW, ZZO00000009634
1853-02-01T00:00100000009635
1853-02-02T00:00100000009636